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Memnon Und Sarpedon Memnon und Sarpedon Autor(en): Clark, Mark Edward / Coulson, William D.E. Objekttyp: Article Zeitschrift: Museum Helveticum : schweizerische Zeitschrift für klassische Altertumswissenschaft = Revue suisse pour l'étude de l'antiquité classique = Rivista svizzera di filologia classica Band (Jahr): 35 (1978) Heft 2 PDF erstellt am: 29.09.2021 Persistenter Link: http://doi.org/10.5169/seals-27773 Nutzungsbedingungen Die ETH-Bibliothek ist Anbieterin der digitalisierten Zeitschriften. Sie besitzt keine Urheberrechte an den Inhalten der Zeitschriften. Die Rechte liegen in der Regel bei den Herausgebern. Die auf der Plattform e-periodica veröffentlichten Dokumente stehen für nicht-kommerzielle Zwecke in Lehre und Forschung sowie für die private Nutzung frei zur Verfügung. Einzelne Dateien oder Ausdrucke aus diesem Angebot können zusammen mit diesen Nutzungsbedingungen und den korrekten Herkunftsbezeichnungen weitergegeben werden. 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Coulson, University ofMinnesota The Euphronios krater purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1972' invites a new Uterary and iconographical study of the Memnon and Sarpedon stories. The portrayal ofthe removal ofSarpedon's body by Sleep and Death on face A (obverse) of the vase raises once again the question of the relationship of this scene from Book 16 of the Iliad to the story of Memnon's death as found in the Aithiopis. Specifically, it supports the arguments of Pestalozzi and Schadewaldt2 for the priority ofthe Memnon story over that of Sarpedon in the Iüad, arguments that subsequently have been denied but not seriously refuted. The evidence for the priority of the Memnon story falls into two groups: Uterary and iconographical. The Literary Evidence Homer's Sarpedon episode (II. 16,419-683) forms a well developed ring: 419-430 Sarpedon's introduction into battle 431-461 Zeus considers saving his son I 462-507 Sarpedon's death i C 508-562 Glaucus' appearance - 563-643 Battle for Sarpedon's body - 644-666 Zeus ponders his son's death - 667-683 Sarpedon's exit via Apollo, Sleep, and Death Neo-analytic scholars have argued that the portrayal of Sarpedon represents the Memnon story ofthe Aithiopis, specifically that the cyclic version of Memnon preceded the Homeric text and that it has been adapted into the Patrocleia for the purpose of providing Patroclus a great and heroic deed3. The figure of 1 New York, Metropoütan Museum of Art, 1972. 11. 10. 2 H. Pestalozzi, Die Achilleis als Quelle der Ilias (Erlenbach-Zürich 1945); W. Schadewaldt, Von Homers Welt und Werk4 (Stuttgart 1965) 155-202. 3 W. Kullmann, Die Quellen der Ilias, Hermes Einzelschrift 14 (Wiesbaden 1960) 318 (for literature up to 1960). See also, G. Schoeck, Ilias undAithiopis (Zürich 1961) 23-25 and 58-61; K. Reinhardt, Die Ilias und ihr Dichter, ed. Hölscher (Göttingen 1961) 341-48; see especially 5 Museum Helveticum Klassisch-Philologisches Seminar 66 Mark Edward Clark and William D. E. Coulson Sarpedon, as Patroclus' fateful Opponent, thus is derived from Memnon's confrontation with Achilles in the Aithiopis4. Fenik5, on the other hand, and more lately Dihle6 have raised questions concerning the priority ofthe Memnon story over that of Sarpedon and have maintained rather that the two stories are mere parallels. In light of this recent hesitation to accept the conclusions of the neo- analytic school, the problem deserves a re-examination. Parallel or a direct influence ofthe cyclic tradition upon Homer? The most striking similarity between the two stories is the removal ofthe body. Aecording to the iconographical evidence for the Aithiopis, Eos removes the body of Memnon from the battlefield to a far place where she washes and annoints it. After these rites she gives the body to Sleep and Death to carry to Ethiopia. The neo- analysts have claimed that in Iliad 16, 666ff. this motif is fulfilled for Sarpedon by Apollo as a Substitute for Eos, performing his duties in this role as a representative of Zeus7. The objection to this interpretation is that there are many dou- blets in Greek mythology, of which this is another example; the similarity suggests a parallel rather than direct influence8. We, however, believe that the neo-analysts are correct on this point and that direct influence is more probable than the possibility that the Sarpedon ring is a mere parallel to the Memnon story. We shaU consider three points which deal with the Homeric treatment of Sarpedon and which, we hope, will suggest that Homer has fashioned his story upon the Memnon motif ofthe Aithiopis. 1. Sarpedon's aristeia: the Sarpedon episode represents a shortened version of Memnon's encounter with Achilles. This is suggested by the significant contrast between the portrayal of Patroclus in the ring (and the rest of Book 16) and the undeveloped figure of Sarpedon. Clearly, the intention of Book 16 is to portray Patroclus as a well developed figure who progresses dramatically toward his doom. For instance, three well placed poetic intrusions represent Patroclus' Unear development from grief over the Trojans' success to boasting over Cebriones' death and final demise9. In addition, there is a clear nexus between Patroclus' development in the Sarpedon ring and his subsequent death. This becomes evident in Patroclus' impetuous charge against the city of Howald, Sarpedon, Mus. Helv. 8 (1951) 112. In addition, for the "Prioritätsbeweise" ofthe Aithiopis see Hölscher, "Rez. von W. Schadewaldt: Von Homers Welt und Werk", Gnomon 27 (1955)392-6. 4 Kullmann, Quellen der Ilias 321; Schoeck, Ilias und Aithiopis 23ff. 5 B. Fenik, Typical Battle Scenes in the Iliad, Hermes Einzelschrift 21 (Wiesbaden 1968) 237. 6 A. Dihle, Homer-Probleme (Opladen 1970) 19-20. 7 Schadewaldt, Von Homers Welt und Werk 165-6; Kullmann, Quellender Ilias 319ff.; Schoeck, Ilias und Aithiopis 25. 8 Fenik. Typical Battle Scenes 237; Dihle, Homer-Probleme 19-20. 9 16, 20 töv 8e ßapi) arsvdxcov *tpoo"E<pr|c;, naxpÖK^EEc; irtiteü. 16, 744 xöv 8' eriiKEpTOuecov Ttpoascpric;, naxpöicXEEc; iihieü. 16, 843 töv 5' öXiyoSpavEcov jtpoo-E<pr|c;, naxpÖKXee«; imiteO. Memnon and Sarpedon 67 Troy (16,651-655) and Apollo's warning to him to withdraw, since Troy is fated to fall neither to him nor to Achilles (16,707-9). Thus, the Sarpedon ring is only another stage in the greater portrayal of Patroclus as an Achilles figure. Scholars, both neo-analytic and ofthe Parry school, have long noted that Patroclus is a second AchiUes10; but, the motif ofcharging into the city is especially reminis- cent ofAchilles in the Aithiopis. Achilles is slain whUe attacking the city ofTroy immediately after he has killed Memnon". In comparison to Patroclus, Sarpedon is found wanting in character portrayal. The real pathos of the ring arises not out of Sarpedon per se as a hero about to meet his death, but in the character and portrayal of Zeus who grieves for his son (43 lff.) and who decides to avenge his son's death (644ff.). The sequence of Sarpedon's aristeia and death forms an A-B-C-Glaucus-C-B-A ring, unlike the linear progression of Patroclus. Perhaps the ring in itself can suggest that the story of Sarpedon represents a peculiar episode which reflects the influence of an older motif, such as the cyclic tradition of Memnon; but, the important factor here is the contrast between Patroclus and Sarpedon in that the latter is a vague and undeveloped Homeric character, but with sufficiently high credentials as an f*ui9eo<; to provide his Opponent a great heroic conflict. If the ring is viewed as a shortened heroic conflict with allusions to a Standard heroic battle which adds heroic color to the passage, it is highly suggestive of some influence from a previous tradition. In connection with Sarpedon's aristeia, the nature of this shortened heroic conflict can be specifically seen in the representation of the scales in the ring. From iconographical evidence, we can be certain that the two mothers, Eos and Thetis, were involved in a dispute to save their sons' lives12. The most important moment in the dispute, indeed the turning point ofthe conflict, must have been the weighing ofthe scales. In the Sarpedon ring, however, the scales are relegat- ed to a shortened motif, "abgekürzt" as Kullmann has called it13. Hector recog- nizes the scales only after Sarpedon has been killed and without any previous mention: yvco yäp Aide; ipä TdÄ-avra (658). The mere allusion to the scales at this point, as Dietrich has shown, is a sufficient conveyance of their import as a long standing concept14. The problem is, however, that there is no need for the scales 10 Armstrong, 77ie* Arming Motif in the Iliad, AJP 79 (1958) 347. Armstrong sees Patroclus as a "counterfeit" to Achilles. See also Schadewaldt, Von Homers Welt und Werk 179. 11 Compare Iliad 16, 655 (cöo-aixo itpoxi äaxu) with Proclus' summary in the Chrestomathia: xpE\)-duEvo<; 6' 'AxtXXeüc; xoü«; Tpeaac, Kai sie; xnv nöXiv o-uvsio-jtEo-tbv ürtö ndpiSoc; dvaipEi- xai Kai 'AnöXXcovoi; (Kullmann 54, no. 62). The similarity is obvious: immediately after the death of Memnon, Achilles is slain by Paris and Apollo, while attempting to enter the city; in üke manner, Patroclus is killed by Hector and Apollo while he tries to enter Troy (cf.
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